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Summary of the Book

"This
book comprehensively captures the essence of inventing medical devices through
anecdotes, case studies and real life examples. A recommended must read for any
aspiring entrepreneur who wishes to invent new medical devices in India."

"A timely resource-
This is a remarkably readable and useful primer on medical device innovation in
India, written by one of the emerging leaders in the field. The realistic
perspective and practical suggestions in this book have arrived just in time
for a health technology ecosystem that is in a substantial stage of
growth."

- Dr. Paul Yock, Founder and Director,
Stanford Biodesign

"Despite the stated
focus as a book for doctors looking to engage with the MedTech ecosystem in
India, this book has several teachings for engineers, product designers,
business strategists, marketing folks and investors as well."

- The Hans India

In this
book, the author shares his experiences, anecdotes, insights and failures while
inventing medical devices in India over the last six years. The idea is to give
entrepreneurs (clinicians, engineers, designers, business professionals) a
realistic expectation of the time, money, co-ordination and teamwork required
to develop a medical device in India. This book includes case studies,
anecdotes, caricatures and a special “how I do it” section at the end of the
book that gives step-by-step guidelines on how to identify a need, make
clinical observations, create need statements, perform needs filtering, develop
criteria, conceptualize a solution and take it to a proof of concept. This book
is recommended for all Indian healthcare professionals, engineers and product
designers who seek to solve unmet clinical challenges with new medical devices,
but are unsure of how to go about taking their idea from the concept stage to
an actual product. This book illustrates ways for engineers and designers to
formally engage with doctors, and gives a comprehensive perspective of the path
from ideation to commercialization.

About the Author

Dr.
Jagdish Chaturvedi is an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) surgeon, a Biodesign expert
(Stanford India Biodesign alumni 2012), an MBA graduate (Entrepreneurship and
Hospital Management (NIBM)), an actor, stand-up comic, author and one of MIT
Technology Review’s 35 innovators under the age of 35 (2016). Previous winners
of this recognition by MIT Technology Review include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the cofounders of Google; Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Facebook; and Jonathan Ive, the chief designer of Apple.

His core
expertise lies in the process of identifying and analyzing unmet clinical needs
for quick development of low-cost and high quality medical devices. Since 2010,
he has co-invented, developed and commercialized multiple affordable medical
devices. He is presently Director of Clinical Innovations at InnAccel, a
medical device company, which deals with the development of affordable medical
devices.